dick wadhams
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TRAIL MIX | Prognosticators from across political spectrum weigh in on 2022 election in Colorado
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Heading into the 2022 election year, it’s important to keep in mind a couple of indisputable political realities: Colorado tends to really like its governors, and Democrat Michael Bennet is one of the luckiest politicians on the planet. Those were among the nuggets dispensed by a tripartisan trio of veteran strategists who convened for a…
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GOP group sets forum for Colorado gubernatorial candidates
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Nine of the Republicans running for the chance to challenge Democratic Gov. Jared Polis are scheduled to appear at a candidate forum in Fort Lupton in early January, the Republican Women of Weld announced. Dick Wadhams, a leading Republican strategist and former chairman of the Colorado GOP, will moderate the two-hour forum, which will be…
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Former Colo. GOP leader Howard Propst dies; memorial Sept. 29
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Howard Propst, a former Colorado Republican Party chairman, will be remembered at a memorial Sept. 28 in Sterling. The former state legislator from Logan County died Sept. 1. He was 95. After two terms in the legislature, he became the executive assistant to Gov. John Love in 1962 before serving as the state GOP chairman.…
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Gardner, bipartisan Senate group back bill to keep US in NATO
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“NATO is as bad as NAFTA,” President Donald Trump told G7 leaders in Canada in June. And you know how much Trump hates the North American Free Trade Agreement. Concerns that the president could unilaterally remove the United States from the nearly 70-year-old North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have prompted four bipartisan senators to introduce…
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Stapleton taps running mate — but plans to keep selection secret for awhile
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Walker Stapleton has a running mate, but the Republican gubernatorial nominee is in no hurry to let anyone know who it is. After winning the four-way GOP primary a week ago, the two-term state treasurer has “offered the position to a well-qualified candidate,” a Stapleton campaign spokesman told Colorado Politics on Tuesday, and the candidate…
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HUDSON | In politics, it’s easier to be right than to win; just ask any loser
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The political ambush is difficult to pull off. Betrayal is always a risk (the opposing party may serve as your public adversary, but one’s personal enemies are more likely to be sharing a beer with you). Campaign managers must tread carefully. Finance disclosure reports often deposit a trail of breadcrumbs leading back to dirty trick…
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Cover Story: ‘Anybody’s ballgame’ — crowded ballots, wide-open primaries make for a wild governor’s race
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DENVER – For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters in both parties are faced this year with contested primaries for an open seat for governor. While the race to replace term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper has been underway for more than a year and front-runners have emerged, the June primary ballot likely won’t be…
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Q&A with Dick Wadhams | The political grand master channels Walt Klein: ‘Voters have to like you before they’ll listen to you’
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For once, Dick Wadhams had a wound that wasn’t inflicted by his adversaries. The legendary Republican political strategist, two-time Colorado GOP state chair, decades-long veteran of campaign combat and, when needed, bare-knuckled brawler was taking his usual walk along a lake near his house the other day when he slipped on some ice. He fell…
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Former Colorado lawmaker Ken Kester passes away in Arizona
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Former Colorado state lawmaker Ken Kester of Las Animas passed away on Feb. 17 at his home in Arizona. Kester served in the Colorado House from 1998 to 2002 and in the state Senate from 2003 to 2010. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, at the Las Animas Community Center. Kester…
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Floyd Ciruli and experts to examine this year’s election landscape Thursday
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Veteran pollster Floyd Ciruli says Colorado’s political landscape that’s evolving, and Thursday he will moderate a panel that will tell us where it’s headed. The program, “Colorado Politics in 2018: Transition in the Age of Polarization,” is from 4 to 6 p.m., followed by a reception, in Room 1150 at the Sié Center at 2201…
